Barbara Albert (chemist)

Barbara Ruth Albert (born 9 December 1966 in Bad Godesberg, West Germany) is a German chemist and Professor of Solid State Chemistry at the Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. From 2012 to 2013 she was the president of the Society of German Chemists.

Barbara Albert
Born (1966-12-09) December 9, 1966
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Darmstadt
University of Hamburg
ThesisTetramethylammoniumsalze als Analoga von Alkalimetallsalzen (Tetramethylammonium salts as analogues of alkali metal salts)

Her research focuses on the synthesis of borides, borates and hydro borates, and solids with interesting physical properties.[1]

Life

Albert studied Chemistry at the University of Bonn from 1985 to 1990. She worked on her dissertation in the group of Martin Jansen until 1995. With the help of the Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Materials Research Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Barbara in the group of Anthony Cheetham. In 2000 she habilitated at the University of Bonn, where she became a Privatdozent in 2001. In the same year she became a professor at the University of Hamburg, where she was also Managing Director of the Institute for Inorganic and Applied Chemistry from 2003 to 2005. Since 2005 she is a professor at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. From 2012 to 2013 she was the president of the Society of German Chemists. She has been a member of the supervisory board of Evonik Industries since 2014 and of the supervisory board of the Schunk Group since 2016.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Awards

References
  1. Albert, Arbeitsgruppe. "Einzelansicht". Arbeitsgruppe Albert – Technische Universität Darmstadt. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  2. "CV Albert BBAW" (PDF).
  3. "Presseinformation" (PDF). www.gdch.de. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. "Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. "Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker erhält neue Präsidentin - Barbara Albert ab 1. Januar für zwei Jahre im Amt". www.gdch.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  6. "Aufsichtsrat - Management". corporate.evonik.de. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  7. "Aufsichtsrat |". www.schunk-group.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  8. "Barbara Albert — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-13.
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